Sporting a silver-metallic finish, the unit is quite sturdy. Weight is 2 kg. Ergonomics-wise, the keys require light strokes and are placed close together, while the generously-sized touchpad feels smooth to work with, and has ample space for wrist support around it.The WXGA display provides excellent picture quality; viewability from wide angles isn't a problem. It doesn't lack in the performance department either, and that's to be expected – the Y500 runs on a Core Duo processor, and churns out from 38 fps at 1024 x 768 in ~ Call of Duty~ . It completed our DVD to AVI video encoding test in 182 seconds, which is good.The feature set is sound: the buttons on the front can be used for battery management, there's a 1.3 megapixel camera on top of the display, and there's a media centre called "Shuttle Center" which can also be controlled using the bundled remote.
